Emergency room pa/np - prn (as needed)

Job Requirements

• Hardwiring Excellence – responsible to know and adhere to evidence based leadership to achieve excellence.
• Professional attitude, leadership role and team member abilities. Maintains a positive professional role throughout the facility and community.
• Familiarizes self with and adheres to all facility and department safety policies and procedures.
• Promotes a culture of safety to improve employee safety.
• Safeguarding the privacy and security of protected health information (PHI) in any form including electronic, written or oral.

Job Responsibilities

• Performs patient assessment and assigns diagnosis based on recorded assessment data and current scientific and current research.
• Establishes plan of care and implements interventions in accordance with care paths, protocols, and standards of care and current research.
• Collaborates with other health care providers in an interdisciplinary approach to provide care to the patient and family.
• Contributes to the educational development of staff, patients, family and self.
• Demonstrates progressive leadership and effective management of ED situations.
• Provides education through role modeling and in-services to meet identified learning needs and to promote professionalism.
• Advances own professional development through self-directed learning, continuing education and participation in peer review.
• Initiates and maintains positive relationships with patients.
• Initiates and maintains positive relationships with co-workers.
• Takes responsibility for self-development and supports a learning environment.
• Displays commitment to the mission of the hospital and its values.
• Obtain complete medical history and physical data regarding patients.
• Review patient records, interpret and integrate data to determine appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic care.
• Order appropriate laboratory and diagnostic procedures.
• Synthesize data to determine preliminary diagnosis and a therapeutic plan utilizing principles of prevention.
• Administer injections, immunizations and oral medications, suture wounds, and prepare written prescription orders for drugs and controlled substances.
• Interview and advise patients regarding health and illness prevention and recommend community resources to meet patient and family needs.
• Instruct patients and family regarding medications and treatment instructions.
• Provide patient education as appropriate.
• Triage patient calls and provide consultation.
• Perform independent evaluations and treatment procedures in emergency situations.
• Provide monitoring and continuity of care between patient visits.
• Attend required meetings and participate in committee as requested.
• Perform medical procedures as agreed to with HAMC policy and protocol.
• All duties as assigned.

Typical Working Conditions

Frequent exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, ionizing radiation, medicinal preparations and other conditions common to an Emergency Department environment.

Typical Physical Demands

Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination. Requires standing and walking for prolonged periods of time. Occasionally lifts objects weighing up to 50 pounds. Requires normal visual acuity and hearing. Requires exposure to communicable diseases and bodily fluids. Requires working under stress in emergency situations.

Provide primary health care and perform medical services under the direction of clinic physicians and following established standards of practice.

• Requires graduation from an accredited NP or PA program.
• Certification/Licensure Eligible for North Dakota certification as a NP or PA.
• Requires a valid North Dakota driver’s license and must maintain insurability with the facility insurance carrier.
• ER experience preferred.